Tuberculosis epidemiology: novel features

Oral Presentation
Chairs: W. Yew (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), C. Jackson (London, United Kingdom)
The global risk of dying from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
L. Brondi, D. Falzon, C. Sismanidis, P. Glaziou, M. Zignol, K. Floyd, H. Campbell, H. Nair (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Geneva, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Geographic origin and other determinants of site of tuberculosis disease in European countries
N. Lefebvre, D. Falzon, V. Hollo, M. van der Werf, A. Sandgren, G. Sotgiu (Strasbourg, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Stockholm, Sweden; Sassari, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Screening for tuberculosis by sputum culture among risk groups in a TB low- incidence country
S. G. Jensen, N. W. Olsen, N. Seersholm, T. Wilcke, T. Lillebæk, A. Kok-Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Positive predictive value of an interferon-gamma release assay for progression from latent to active tuberculosis in new-entrant screening
A. L. Gill, L. P. Ormerod, T. Collyns, J. P. Watson (Leeds, Blackburn, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Tuberculosis active case finding based on symptom screening among irregular immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Rome and Milan, Italy
M. Sañé Schepisi, S. Contini, G. Gualano, A. Bellucci, F. Gnolfo, G. Rocca, P. Olivani, L. R. Codecasa, F. N. Lauria, F. Palmieri, E. Girardi (Rome, Milan, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Transmission of tuberculosis in bars in Stroud: A cluster of 19 cases linked by MIRU-VNTR and/or epidemiology over a 30 year period
A. White, S. Moore, S. Sturney, P. Moore, R. Morris, W. Lewis, H. David (Gloucester, Cardiff, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation